Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed yesterday charged residents of the state to “take up arms and defend” themselves against bandits. “You are known to be warriors....
Road Safety Corps has confirmed seven persons dead and 29 injured in an incident that occurred during the annual Calabar Carnival on Tuesday. The Sector Commander...
Fourteen Iranian fishermen have returned home after years in captivity by al-Shabab militants in Somalia. They were freed after “lengthy negotiations with government officials, tribal chiefs...
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped at least 80 people and killed 11 others in separate attacks in the northwest, traditional leaders and residents said on Monday, in...
The Nigerian government has approached the Supreme Court to overturn a Court of Appeal ruling that freed separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu and dropped terrorism charges against...
The National Security Council, on Thursday, declared the National Task Force on the Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons, Chemical and Pipeline Vandalism...
The chairman of Oyo State Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, General Kunle Togun (retd) has threatened to the use of bees and poisonous snakes to...
Somali forces have ended a siege at a hotel in Mogadishu, police and the military said on Sunday, rescuing 106 hostages including women and children. At...
Kaduna State Government says troops of Operation Forest Sanity have killed scores of terrorists, recovered arms and seven motorcycles in Chickun Local Government Area. The Commissioner...
Nigerian Army soldiers have detained no fewer than seven Boko Haram logistical providers in Borno State. The 195 Battalion of Operation Hadin Kai’s soldiers reportedly encountered the terrorists while conducting a regular search on the outskirts of Maiduguri. The development was corroborated by Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, in a statement made available to news media. According to the sources, suspects were found with significant amounts of logistics intended for the Boko Haram militants who are generating trouble in the area. The arrested suppliers also include Hadiza Ali,...
